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Christopher Wait

Examiner (ID: 19505, Phone: (571)270-5976 , Office: P/2672 )

Most Active Art Unit
2672
Art Unit(s)
2682, 2683, 2672, 2625, 2681
Total Applications
732
Issued Applications
602
Pending Applications
56
Abandoned Applications
97

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/885717
Inspecting print quality of a print product with coordinate information acquired without printing the image data Aug 10, 2022 Issued
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17/883416
Methods and arrangements for enhanced digital signal detection Aug 7, 2022 Issued
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17/817704
Computationally efficient unsupervised DNN pretraining Aug 4, 2022 Issued
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18/684013
Use of imperfect patterns to encode data on surfaces Jul 25, 2022 Issued
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17/814479
Performing color conversion that acquires a sample color included in second image data Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/870830
Machine learning training images from a constrained set of three-dimensional object models associated with prescribed scene types Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/870613
Method and system for determining moving speed of endoscope camera in gastrointestinal tract Jul 20, 2022 Issued
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17/857256
System for determining the presence of a substance of interest in a sample Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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17/857875
Digital image watermarking by embedding identifier bits in blocks of digital image Jul 4, 2022 Issued
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18/024994
Generating color correction model including color space conversion, through an interpolation algorithm according to color data of reference sampling points Jun 29, 2022 Issued
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17/809358
Method and apparatus for registering devices of autonomous vehicle based on trajectory alignment Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/851347
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for storing program in which a minimum luminance value of display luminance information is greater than that of print luminance information Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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17/808157
Systems and methods for generating search results based on optical character recognition techniques and machine-encoded text Jun 21, 2022 Issued
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17/841610
Cell line development image characterization with convolutional neural networks Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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17/833683
Encoding signals with printed clear topcoats Jun 5, 2022 Issued
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17/831078
COMPUTER VISION METHOD FOR DETECTING DOCUMENT REGIONS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM AN EMBEDDING PROCESS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREOF Jun 1, 2022 Abandoned
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17/828313
Digital watermark analysis apparatus and digital watermark analysis method May 30, 2022 Issued
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17/804503
Generating content adaptive watermarks for digital images May 26, 2022 Issued
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17/827365
Methods and arrangements for configuring object localizers May 26, 2022 Issued
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18/566232
Spectral image-based skincare device and method for residue detection and treatment May 25, 2022 Issued
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